Nethrite pendant, mutton fat with dark grey and a little russet, carved with a prancing horse below pine trees and a monkey, on the other side is a grey monkey climbing white rocks near a black tree trunk.

Reverse: Nethrite pendant, mutton fat with dark grey and a little russet, carved with a prancing horse below pine trees and a monkey, on the other side is a grey monkey climbing white rocks near a black tree trunk.

THE CHINESE COLLECTION

 

 Horse & Monkeys Pendant

 

Black & white nephrite pendant.

P43

Nephrite, dark grey and mutton fat, carved with a complicated scene showing a prancing horse, roped up and reined, its mane tied and knotted, below pine trees and a monkey. The other side has another monkey carved from a darker material climbing up white rocks, nearby is a gnarled tree trunk carved form the black jade.

Chinese, 18th Century.
Attachments: Rose quartz bead, seed pearls and black cord.
Provenance: Robert Hall 1983
Published: Included on the exhibition poster.
Dimensions: 5.8cm high x 4.5cm wide.

Zodiac sign / Horse / Monkey

 
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